A new Government will be formed in Finland and a Government Programme will be drawn up for the period 2023–2027. The aim is to build the well-being and safety of society on a sustainable economic bas...

The GSGF in Finland — Integration of geospatial and statistical information in Finland (GSFI) project takes the next step after the GEOSTAT 4 project by adapting the GSGF Europe to the Finnish contex...

EU legislation to reduce the risk of pharmaceuticals in the environment Authors:  Lauri Äystö, Finnish Environment Institute, lauri.aysto(at)syke.fi; Noora Perkola, Finnish Environment...

Ecosystem Accounting infographic. Download a large file (png) from here . © Syke Objective and Benefits of Ecosystem Accounts Efforts to promote social and economic well-being ...

The Finnish Ecosystem Accounting Network of Actors is a free-form network of actors interested in ecosystem accounting which was established in June 2022. The network consists of fifty Finn...

Ecosystem Accounting research & development projects in Syke ​​​​​​​ Developing statistics and accounts for ecosystem services, plastic waste and material flows - 2023-FI-ECOPLASMA (Syke, L...

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)studies the impact of human pressure on the state of the sea using marine ecosystem models. Our research focuses on the Baltic Sea, and our range of models include...

We focus on hazardous substances in the marine environment, microbial communities in polar seas and sea ice, degradation of bioplastics, and processes related to biogeochemical cycles. Our main exper...

Marine conservation and marine management in Finland are governed by the national legislation and the EU. The task of Syke is to coordinate the production and collection of information related to Fin...

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) processes underwater natural data to support decision-making and develops research-based multidisciplinary solutions to promote the sustainable use of seas. We co...

Background Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is a powerful greenhouse gas that is naturally produced and partly consumed by the microbial processes nitrification, denitrification, nitrifier denitrification,...

The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) and ResourceLoop Oy will together study the current status and future perspectives of plastics recycling and markets of secondary plastics in Finland. The st...

Biodiversity of the Finnish marine environment is mapped in cooperation across institutional borders. The Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) coordinates Velmu. The programme is steered by the Mi...

Velmu's document archive, containing publications in Finnish, Swedish and English, is maintained in the Finnish web pages ("Suomeksi" link below)....

Velmu collects data on the occurrence of underwater marine biotopes, species and communities in Finland’s marine waters. The programme contributes to the Baltic marine protection and to the sust...

The External Advisory Board provides advice and consultation to GOVAQUA on key questions ensuring relevance and accuracy of the project’s results.  Members: Dr. Josefina Maestu , ...

Water is everybody´s business. GOVAQUA aims to engage the many actors, decision makers and interest groups in the water field in the development of innovative governance instruments and approach...

This work package houses the six GOVAQUA living labs, where a representative and complementary set of innovative water governance approaches and instruments will be further developed, piloted, c...

Finnish Environment Institute, Finland Coordinator, main contact,  Consortium co-lead Suvi Sojamo (suvi.sojamo@syke.fi) Consortium co-lead Antti Belinskij (antti.belinsk...

The results of GOVAQUA project will include:  Good practice repository  Transition pathways  Assessment tools   Online academy  Publications...